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<p>Hi everyone! So yes I am not a parent, but I saw someone that got a lot of great info on NY, much more than received in the NYS Schools sections so I was hoping if anyone could help me?</p>

<p>I am a junior in New York State, and I have not gotten my PSAT back but basd on practice I am aiming for a 170</p>

<p>~Overall GPA between 9th and 10th grade 97 (Weighted)
With this first marking quarter I am assuming I will go down to maybe a 94/95</p>

<p>~I scored a
92 on my first Spanish regents and 100 on my second (Took one in 8th grade and one in 10th)
77 on geometry
72 on earth science (STUPID Practical! I almost finished it :(<br>
75 on global
92 on Algebra
90 in biology
90 on English
~50+ community service hrs</p>

<p>~ I am a hispanic Female</p>

<p>~ I want to major in urban english education (or just secondary english, som schools have this major though)</p>

<p>My thing is my guidance counselor said I should get a lot of scholarship money because I qualify for little if any Need Based aid, so scholarship and grant $$ is a MUST!</p>

<p>I would like to stay in NY, NJ, PA because my guidance counselor said that these states have interchangeable degrees...</p>

<p>I have looked at (visited)</p>

<p>The College of Saint Rose and CUNY City College. St. Rose I felt was too small I am from Newburgh Free academy where there are 4000 kids so a school with 3200 was not cutting it. I really like City college probably because I am a city girl, but i liked the diversity (which seemed to be lacking in St. Rose), the architecture and the dorms. CUNY City is really the only CUNY I am interested in. </p>

<p>NOT interestd in SUNY New Paltz, Marist, or Mount St Mary</p>

<p>I'd like to look at schools with more that 6000 students, housing and within 4 hours up from NYC and 3 hours down from NYC. I really apreciate any and all help, sorry this is so long, I just don't know what to look for, or what my grades will get me into etc.</p>

<p>Thanks, so much!</p>

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<p>You might want to look at the College of New Rochelle, it has about 5000 students and has education. They are spread out over a bunch of campuses, but it does have the advantage of being near NYC. You might look at Manhattanville - it’s smaller than what you want, but it is close to NYC and it has some accelerated options for getting your Masters in teaching which you will need for NYS. I have a friend who graduated from there a few years ago and has been gainfully employed ever since.</p>

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<p>Which CUNY did you see? Queens is big with 3 year old dorms, though most kids commute.</p>

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<p>Hofstra, Fordham, College of New Rochelle, St. Johns, Queens College, Fairleigh Dickenson, Drake</p>

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<p>If you haven’t already, check out the Hispanic Students forum (under College Admissions, Specialty Topics). The Resources sticky thread has lots of great information about scholarships, fly-ins, etc.</p>

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<p>If you are planning to teach in New York Schools, I would suggest you stay in New York for college.</p>

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I think you meant your GC said you NEED to get scholarship $? Could you get much from Mt St Mary? I know you don’t want to go there but you could easily commute (DW attended NFA many years ago). Can your family pay for a SUNY?</p>

<p>What is your UW GPA? Those 70s will hurt a lot.</p>

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<p>I would consider SUNY Stony Brook, Fordham (but $$ may be an issue), St. Johns, Queens College. Hunter may be a reach (1st in CUNY list) but try. Brooklyn College 3rd to Queens’ 2nd, and, if a pretty campus is a plus for you, it’s much nicer than City.</p>

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<p>I saw CUNY city college, I heard if it’s not a suny school most won’t look at the regents scores???</p>

<p>My counselor said based on what I have I should be receiving a lot of money or at least a decent amount </p>

<p>Unweighted GPA is about 94, the weight doesn’t add too much. </p>

<p>I don’t want to go to a private school like my saint Mary and commute, I feel like it’s not worth it. I’d really like to get out of Newburgh. </p>

<p>CUNY hunter has a serious housing issue and unless I am guaranteed housing or at least have a good shot like at city I really can’t do that. </p>

<p>I couldn’t find education at Fordham but I’ll definitely check that out, it was actually at my top but like I said I didn’t see education </p>

<p>Thanks for the great suggestions!!! I’ll check out that other forum now!</p>

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<p>Ithaca College is a little further away, but you might want to at least look into it. Also, Temple and Drexel in Philly. Not sure how you’d do getting money from any of these places, though.</p>

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<p>Temple is a state college so they won’t offer much if anything for an out of state student, but the cost is pretty reasonable. Also, if the OP is looking for education degree I’m not sure how smart it is to look at an OOS college. I would definitely not recommend Drexel. It’s very expensive, not known for it’s education program or good financial aid.</p>

<p>Ithaca is a good choice. What about Binghamton?</p>

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<p>Many first year NYS teachers get their degrees out of state…however…NY has many excellent SUNY schools that offer education, so one can certainly get a good, reasonably priced, education degree in-state.</p>

<p>SAT of 1700 is going to be tough to get much merit $$. Try to find schools that might have special programs for minority students, as well as outside scholarships. Are you, by any chance, the first generation in your family to go to college? If yes, that might help in the scholarship area.</p>

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<p>My daughter was one of those people that got her education degree OOS. From the hoops she had to jump through to get certified back here in her home state and also in NY, I don’t recommend it unless the student really wants to get out of state. My daughter didn’t know where she wanted to live after graduation and we had been told that the certification would be reciprocal. It was not. Most states do not have reciprocal certifications in the Northeast. They say they do, but when it comes down to it, there are additional tests to be taken and even classes that are needed. There’s a poster on this forum whose daughter started at a private here but switched back to a NY school because of that. Maybe she will pop in here to offer some suggestions.</p>

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<p>drexel is VERY liberal with merit aid…we got 20k though chose not to attend there</p>

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<p>Dgogpa - 20K sounds like alot but their cost is 50K plus a year!</p>

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<p>Oh and the principal of our elementary school liked to hire people from SUNY Oneanta. (Including my least favorite teacher at the school!)</p>

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<p>If you’re really going to teach, in this economy, it’s important to student teach where you want to actually live/teach. It’s become almost impossible in NYS to get a teaching job (at all) if you don’t have the connections made from student teaching. Which can leave you in a position of having a lot of debt and no ability to get a job. It’s really not a good time to become a ateacher in NEw York. I strongly urge you to follow the money. Consider St. John’s, which is incredibly generous. I think they would love you.</p>

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<p>I can tell you unequivocally that your GC is wrong on this front. Even if you were applying to SAT optional schools that offered great need based aid (even those that give merit money) those regents scores are going to hurt you. </p>

<p>They are going to be pretty hard to ignore since they are sitting straight up on the transcript (another misnomer that the regents grades don’t count, if they are there to be seen, they will be taken into consideration). If you can possibly offset this by getting high marks on SAT II exams of scoring well on AP exams. </p>

<p>I agree with others that 1700 may be a challenge when it comes to netting you some real merit $$. Do you have any financial safeties lined up?</p>

<p>I also agree that if you plan on teaching in NYS, you would be better served to attend school in NYS so they can make sure that you meet all of the certification requirements (student teaching 1 middle school, 1 high school, LAST, ATS-W & CST, fingerprinting, child abuse course) before you graduate. Keep in mind that you will have to attend grad school to get your professional certification, where your financial aid will be in the form of loans. My advice would be to keep your undergrad debt at a minimum.</p>

<p>In addition, when your school puts through your paperwork, you can essentially fly through the certification process where as you putting through the paperwork your self they can drag it out for months on end. </p>

<p>I remember having my school submit my paperwork in April, graduating in May and having my license in my hand in June. 3 years later when I had to apply for permanent certification and I had to put the paperwork through myself, it took almost a year to get my permanent license.</p>